1. EUMETSAT Data Collection System
Present Situation
Space and Ground Configuration
System Limitations
Future Planning

2. Current Meteosat System

3. MSG System (from 2006) Standby Operational MSG MSG Processed Images
meteorological satellites
and other data
Data from other
Monitoring
Raw & Processed Images and other data
HRIT
Satellite Control
Data Collection
Satellite Control (Back-up)
System Reports
LRIT E
xternal S
upport
Satellite G
round
Applications S
Stations
Primary Ground
High Rate
Facilities
Station (
PGS )
Back-up
User Station (
SAF )
Ground
Low Rate
(HRUS)
Station (
BGS )
Data Collection
User Station
Platforms (DCP)
(LRUS)
EUMETSAT Control
& Processing Centre
Darmstadt

4. Data Collection System
Meteosat-7 located at 0° supporting the Prime DCS service
33 regional channels, close to maximum utilisation
33 international channels co-ordinated by CGMS
Meteosat-5 located at 63° E supporting the IODC DCS service from the 1st March 2005
3 international channels co-ordinated by CGMS

5. EUMETSAT's SATELLITE COVERAGE AND INDIAN OCEAN DATA COVERAGE
Meteosat-7
Prime Position
0° Longitude
Meteosat-5
IODC Position
63°E
60 S 80
160
140
120
100 80 60 40 20 20 40 60
100
120
140
160
180

6. EARTH VIEW FROM
METEOSAT and METEOSAT-5

7. IODC DCS
Three International Channels - I8, I9, I11 reserved for regional use by IODC, to be formally approved by CGMS in September 2005
Uses redundant equipment in the MTP Ground Station in Fucino, Italy to receive the data
Data processed and disseminated by the EUMETSAT central site

8. DCP Data Dissemination
For the 0° Service
GTS
Internet - ‘push’ and ‘pull’
EUMETCast
DCPRTU
For the IODC Service

9. EUMETCast Overview
Generic, multi-mission dissemination system based on the standard DVB multicast technology
Use of commercial telecommunication satellites
Allowing use of off-the shelf, commercial, inexpensive equipment
DVB/MPEG-2 based transport for carrying IP datagrams
Use of a set of broadcast satellite forward channels (no return channel)
Components:
Data providers
Service management provider (EUMETSAT)
Uplink service provider
Turn around service provider(s)
Satellites
(Reference) Reception stations

10. Components Figure

11. EUMETCast Ku-Band Coverage

12. EUMETCast C-Band Coverage

13. IODC DCS Applications University of Hawaii - Sea Level Centre:
8 platforms are located in the Indian Ocean, they report hourly via Met-7
They will be re-allocated to Met-5 and increase reporting frequency to every 15 minutes
Data Dissemination mechanism - GTS + Internet (pull)
They plan to add 1 new platform in March

14. UHSLC sea level stations

15. System Limitations Limited international channels available
Five more channels could be used with CGMS agreement
No ground segment redundancy until MSG-2 is successfully commissioned
IODC dissemination mechanisms are currently limited to GTS and Internet

16. Future Planning MSG-2 launch and commissioning
Space segment relocations
Meteosat-7 will replace Meteosat-5 at 63°E to continue the IODC Service until the end of 2008

17. Met-9 drift stop
Met-7 & 8 stop imaging
Met-9 start imaging
Met-7 drift start
Met-6 to standby
Met-7 drift stop
Stop RSS
Met-5 stop imaging
Met-7 start imaging
Met-5 re-orbiting

18. System Issues
Following the successful commissioning of MSG-2, the Fucino Ground Station equipment will support the IODC DCS with redundancy
Meteosat-7 has a battery problem which may mean up to a 2 hour outage during the satellite eclipse season - Mar/April and September/October - under investigation